JPH0576235B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a remote control device for remotely controlling equipment, and particularly to a remote control device equipped with a speaker for reproducing audio. [Prior Art] A device for enjoying broadcasting etc. by installing speakers on multiple operating devices of a remote control device is the Utility Model Publication Act 1983-
There is an idea in Publication No. 29307. In this idea, in a remote control device for a water heater, the controller inside the bathroom is equipped with an amplifier and a speaker, and the controller outside the bathroom is equipped with a tuner in addition to the amplifier and speaker, so that broadcasts can be broadcast simultaneously from both speakers. You can enjoy it. [Problem to be solved by the invention] However, it is rare for a bather to enjoy the same broadcast etc. in the bathroom and outside the bathroom at the same time. There are cases where people other than bathers do not want to listen to the broadcasts, etc. In that case, they have to turn down the volume with a control device installed outside the bathroom, which is very troublesome. There is. The present invention provides a remote control device that allows you to enjoy broadcasting etc. through a speaker provided on the control device.
To enable the user to easily enjoy broadcasting, etc. by only operating the controller on which the user wants to enjoy the broadcasting, etc. [Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides two devices each including a control device for a device, an operation section for instructing the operation of the device, and a speaker for reproducing the sound received by a tuner.
In a remote control device consisting of two operating devices, a selection operating means for selecting each of the speakers provided on each of the two operating devices and displaying that the speaker provided on the other operating device has been selected. A display element is provided on each operating device, and the speaker for reproducing the received audio of the tuner is switched in accordance with the operation of each of the selection operating means, and the display element provided on the operating device provided with the unselected speaker is The technical means is to provide a switching display means for displaying that the speaker provided on the other controller is selected. [Function] In the present invention, when the selection operation means is operated with one of the operation devices, the speaker for reproducing the tuner's sound is switched in accordance with the operation,
The sound is reproduced by a speaker provided on the operating device on the side where the selection operating means is operated. At this time, no display is performed on the display element provided on the same controller as the speaker that reproduces the sound, and a display is performed on the display element provided on the same controller as the speaker that does not reproduce the sound. Therefore, on the controller side that does not reproduce audio,
You can see that the other controller is reproducing the sound. [Effects of the Invention] In the present invention, since the sound can be reproduced using only one of the operating devices, there is no need to perform operations for adjusting the volume or cutting off the sound, for example, on the operating device that is not to be reproduced. Also, on the side of the controller that is not reproducing the audio,
Since it is possible to know that the other controller is reproducing the sound, it is possible to prevent the user from accidentally performing a disturbing operation on the controller that is reproducing the sound. [Example] Next, the present invention will be described based on an example. In the gas water heating system 1 shown in FIG. 1, the water heater main body 2 is controlled by a control device 3, and a main remote controller 10 is installed in the bathroom as an operating device for setting the operating state of the water heater. A bath remote control 20 is provided. Each remote controller includes an operating section 10a for giving a control signal to the control device 3 that controls the water heater main body 2;
Each remote controller 10, 20 is an operating device for instructing and setting the operating state of the water heater main body 2, and together with the control device 3 constitutes a remote operating device of the present invention. In addition, each remote control of this embodiment includes a radio receiving section 10 that operates by a circuit configuration independent of each operating section, together with these operating sections 10a and 20a.
b, 20b. In the main remote control 10, the radio receiving section 10b includes a tuner 11, a low frequency amplifier 12,
A speaker 13, a selection circuit 14, and an output switching logic 15 are provided in the bath remote control 20, and a low frequency amplifier 22 and a speaker 23 are provided in the bath remote control 20, respectively, and each radio receiving unit 10b, 20b is provided for selecting the output of the tuner 11. The selection switches 16 and 26, which are the selection operation means of the present invention, and the remote control on the side that is not selected are provided with light emitting diodes 17 and 27 to notify that fact. The tuner 11 is a part that receives and detects general medium wave broadcasts, FM broadcasts, or short wave broadcasts and extracts low frequency signals.The tuner 11 is a part that receives and detects general medium wave broadcasts, FM broadcasts, or short wave broadcasts and extracts low frequency signals. can be selected. When the selection circuit 14 selects a remote control in response to a switching signal from the output switching logic 15, the selection circuit 14 transmits the output signal of the tuner 11 to a low frequency amplifier provided in one of the selected remote controllers. The output switching logic 15 selects the selection circuit 14 according to the signals from the selection switches 16 and 26 of each remote controller.
This is the switching display means of the present invention that sends a switching signal to the remote controller and also sends a current to the light emitting diode of the unselected remote controller to display a lighting display. The low frequency amplifiers 12 and 22 amplify the low frequency signal from the tuner 11 and drive the speakers 13 and 23 to reproduce the sound of the received broadcast. Note that a volume (not shown) is provided in the low frequency amplifiers 12, 22 to adjust the volume. In the gas hot water supply system 1 of this embodiment having the above configuration, when the hot water tap (not shown) is opened by operating the operating section of each remote controller, hot water is supplied at a set temperature. On the other hand, the radio reception section of each remote controller operates regardless of the operating state of the water heater main body 2, and when the selection switch is operated on any of the remote controllers,
As shown in Table 1, the radio broadcast is reproduced from the speaker of the remote control on which the selection switch is operated, and conversely, the sound of the radio broadcast is not reproduced on the remote control on which the selection switch is not operated. , a light emitting diode display is performed.

[Table] Therefore, when you want to enjoy radio broadcasts using one remote control, there is no need to turn down the volume or cut off the signal circuit from the tuner on the other remote control, so you can easily broadcast without any hassle. can be enjoyed. In the above embodiment, the receiving device is provided on one side of the operating device, but the receiving device may be provided outside the operating device so that only the received signal is taken into the operating device. In the above embodiments, a remote control equipped with a tuner for receiving radio broadcasts was shown, but a tuner capable of receiving the audio or screen of television broadcasts may also be used. Furthermore, instead of the audio signal from a tuner that receives wireless broadcasting, an audio signal from a wired broadcast, CDL, or video tuner may be input to the selection circuit.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a gas water heater showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 2...Water heater body (equipment), 3...Control device (remote control device), 10...Main remote control (remote control device, controller), 13, 23...Speaker, 15...Output switching logic (switching display means), 16, 26... selection switch (selection operation means), 17, 27... light emitting diode (display element), 20... bath remote control (remote control device, operating device).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A remote control device consisting of a device control device, two control devices each provided with an operation section for instructing the operation of the device, and a speaker for reproducing the sound received by the tuner, each operating device is provided with a selection operation means for selecting the speaker provided on each of the two operating devices, and a display element provided on the other operating device for displaying that the speaker is selected; In response to the operation of each of the selection operation means, the speaker for reproducing the sound received by the tuner is switched, and a display element provided on the operation device provided with the unselected speaker displays the speaker provided on the other operation device. A remote control device characterized in that it is provided with a switching display means for displaying that it is selected.